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Pacific University with the ap- 
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main objecl: is that it may serve 
as an aid to those who are about 
to choose a college in which to 
pursue their studies. 



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ACIFIC belongs to the class known as the "Small College," 
which has achieved so honored a record in this country. An 
overwhelming proportion of the men who have become eminent 
received their education at these colleges. In spite of the phenomenal 
growth made by state institutions in recent years, the fact remains that 
the small college continues to represent what is highest and best in 
education and general culture in our country. Its work has received 
the unqualified endorsement of such eminent educators as President 
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University, and President William 
Rainey Harper of Chicago University. 

As a pioneer college, Pacific University has an illustrious record. 
Its graduates, both of the early days and of recent classes, are gain- 
ing for themselves positions of prominence and influence. 

One of its present needs, and one on which the friends and students 
of the institution are concentrating their best efforts, is a larger enroll- 
ment of students. To secure this the student body has organized itself 
into a "Push Club," whose rally-cry is "A Greater Student Body." 

As president of the Student Body, I unhesitatingly recommend 
Pacific University to every young man or woman who wants to get 
the best in education under the most favorable circumstances. 



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H. W. SCOTT 



^i£ AM asked for a word on this subject by one who knows how 
jl firmly I am of the opinion that the work of the small colleges 
of the country ought not to be superseded by that of the uni- 
versity group. 

At the small college may best be taught the lines of study for 
almost universal use; for the groundwork is the main thing. There- 
fore I favor limitation of the number of matters taught, and uni- 
formity in the line of study followed. The tendency of the great 
university is of another kind. Its courses offer multiplicity of detail, 
by ever adding further matters of instruction, which no student can 
master. Wide and wider range of inquiry, and multiplication of 
matters to be investigated, belong to private study, selected by the 
individual, according to his own special aptitudes. But the general 
basis should be established on a few solid studies, which may be 
mastered better in the small college than in the great one. Distrac- 
tion of thought, purpose and effort, by multiplicity of studies, lays 
no good groundwork of education. 

Again, the person who receives his education, or the substance on 
which it is to be built, at one of our home colleges, will be more in 
touch with the people among whom the work of his life is to be done. 
I think this a great matter. One ought to understand the mind of 
the community, the state he lives in. 

On the influence of the small college upon the locality or com- 
munity in which it is situated, and the excellence of the results, much 
— indeed everything — might be said. The towns in which our small 
colleges are maintained owe everything to them. 

The education our students receive at college, if useful to them, 
must consist chiefly in inculcation of solid principles; not in variety 
or superficial ornament. Of education the great Selden said: 

"No man is wiser for his learning. It may administer matter to 
work in, but wit and wisdom are born with a man." 




Editor-in-Chief Morning Oregonian 

Our First Alumnus Class of 1863 




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HORACE M. RAMSEY 



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S a people we are predisposed to be impressed by numbers. We 
are rather inclined to take it for granted that a college with 
a large enrollment is a better educational institution than one 
which is numerically smaller. Investigation of the causes for attend- 
ance will disclose the fact that students are often attracted by reasons 
other than the actual merit of the work. Not infrequently clever 
advertising covers a mass of academic deficiency and entraps unsus- 
pecting parents and unwary students. It requires more than a glee 
club and a football team to make a college. 

Pacific is known to many only as a small college. Were one to 
tell them that its undergraduate course is recognized as equal to the 
curricula of the best universities, they would be greatly astonished. 
This is not merely the opinion of an alumnus who might be justly 
suspected of bias. Certificates from Pacific University have admitted 
students from our classes to exactly the same grades in Williams, 
Amherst, Princeton, Yale and Columbia. 

The acknowledged success of our alumni as graduate students in 
the great universities attests even more strikingly the thorough work 
of Pacific University. It would indeed be gratifying simply to know 
that our degrees are recognized by the Universities of California, 
Michigan and Chicago, by Brown, Princeton, Cornell and Columbia, 
but we have justification for pride in the distinction which our alumni 
have gained in the graduate departments of such institutions. The 
number of scholarships and fellowships received and appointments as 
instructors is quite out of proportion to the size of the classes which 
yearly leave our Alma Mater. Considering the number of graduates, 
Pacific University has won as many honors of this nature as any 
college on the Pacific Coast. 



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Class of 1899 

Rev. H. M. Ramsey is rector of St. Stephen's Church, Portland. After graduating from 

Pacific and while pursuing graduate work he won a fellowship in the University of California, 

and later while studying in New York City, a fellowship in Semitic Languages, with residence 

in Germany. These fellowships were awarded for excellence in scholarship. 




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W. B. RASMUSEN 



5N forensics Pacific University offers sterling attractions to all 
prospective students. Beginning in 1898 when our debating 
team defeated both Portland University and Willamette Uni- 
versity, debating and oratory have been given especial attention. Since 
that time Pacific University has engaged in fourteen intercollegiate 
debates, of which she has won ten. In the last two years in debates 
with two of the heaviest debating institutions of the Northwest, Whit- 
man College and the University of Washington, she has wrested 
both victories from the big "U" on the Sound. 

There are at present two men's and two women's literary societies 
in Pacific University, and every student of medium ability can enter 
one of the four societies. This privilege renders forensic training 
particularly attractive to academy students, because they are from the 
first placed in direct contact with old and experienced debaters and 
platform speakers. The plan has also been adopted of holding annual 
intersociety debates for academy students who are not eligible for the 
tryout debates. To coach the teams the management of the institution 
insures the assistance of some professor particularly skilled in debate. 
This feature has led to the putting out of teams of solidity and 
dignity which are worthy of any college in the Northwest. 

Pacific also gives much attention to general platform speaking, 
and has secured her share of victories in oratory. William G. Hale 
won the state contest in 1902, and R. Frank Peters in 1904. Our 
orators, although less successful than our debaters, nevertheless impress 
an audience with their dignity and lack of bombast which often char- 
acterizes college oratory. 

Of late years declamation prizes have been offered in the academy, 
so that feature in platform training is also encouraged at Pacific 
University. 




Mr. Rasmusen was leader of the Debating Teams which in 1905 and again in 1906 
won the intercollegiate debate with the University of Washington. 




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CHESTER FLETCHER 



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ACIFIC UNIVERSITY has always carried her part in inter- 
collegiate athletics in a thorough and creditable manner. We 
believe in the all-round development of the student, and have 
always endeavored to give an opportunity for physical development 
as well as mental and spiritual. Athletic interests are not given an 
undue prominence, and the idea is always kept in mind that athletics 
is not an end in itself, but only a means to the development of a 
well-rounded character. 

The University has a small but well-equipped gymnasium, which 
is open to all students, and a competent physical director conducts 
classes for both young men and young women. 

In outdoor sports Pacific University has always occupied a promi- 
nent place. It was at Pacific University that football was first intro- 
duced into the state in 1892. Since then our football teams have 
ranked among the first in the state. 

In track athletics we have also done creditable work. Some of 
the best trainers on the Coast have coached our teams at various times: 
William Hayward of Berkeley, in 1902; Roy Heater, in 1903; in 1904 
Jack McCoughern put out the champion team of the state; in 1905 
"Dad" Moulton of Stanford trained the team. A. C. Gilbert, who has 
won a national reputation, received much of his training at Pacific 
University. Although greatly handicapped for want of working ma- 
terial, our record is one of which we are proud. The following records 
will compare well with those of any Western college: 

100 yards . . , 10 1-5 seconds 

440 yards 51 1-5 seconds 

880 yards 2:04 

Mile 4:41 

Pole vault 11 feet 7 inches 

Broad jump . .21 feet 11 inches 

High hurdles 16 1-5 seconds 

Low hurdles 26 4-5 seconds 

Tennis, basket-ball and baseball furnish exercise for all who do 
not take part in the more strenuous sports. The young man or woman 
who comes to Pacific University will find ample opportunity for 
physical development in the interests of clean athletics. 



(^vj^l^L>v_. ^JbJcO^^_ 



Class of 1906 



Mr. Fletcher was President of the Senior Class and Captain 
of Track Team of 1906. 




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ALICE E. SEWF.LL 



^Slf VERY interesting study is offered to students in the Art De- 
^^1 partment. The work may be done in charcoal, clay modeling, 
water color or oils. Through any of these mediums the student 
will find fascinating occupation and study. 

This year we students who are in our second year in the Art De- 
partment have worked chiefly in landscapes and heads. The land- 
scapes were done in oils or water colors. We always worked from 
nature, and we made an especial study of skies. During the winter 
we worked from windows in the studio ; in the spring or fall we 
could often sketch out of doors. This study was not only a genuine 
pleasure, but was beneficial because of the knowledge we gained by 
practice. 

In the study of heads we were very fortunate in securing the as- 
sistance of students in the other departments who kindly posed for us. 

During commencement week the instructor gives a reception, when 
she exhibits both her own work and that of the pupils that visitors 
may see what has been accomplished during the year. 

Our instructor, Miss Lillian Bain, who was a student under Mr. 
Frank Vincent Du Mond, is a competent teacher, and work under 
her is a pleasure. 

Personally, the study of art has meant very much to me, because 
it has taught me appreciation of good pictures and a love for nature. 



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ETHEL B. MOSELEY 



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ACIFIC UNIVERSITY offers especial advantages to students 
wishing to study music. The Conservatory has grown very 
rapidly under the direction of Professor F. T. Chapman. 
Courses are offered in voice, piano, organ and violin; all being de- 
signed to give the student a thorough musical education. 

These courses are outlined for those studying professionally, as 
well as for those who desire music as a part of their general educa- 
tion. Beginners are welcome ; they will receive all the privileges 
offered to the advanced students, and are assured of correct methods. 

The public recital occupies a prominent place in the Conservatory. 
All pupils, from the beginners to the most advanced, are allowed to 
appear on the programs several times each year. By this means 
they receive memory drill and training in public performance, and 
they acquire musical knowledge and culture. During the past few 
years we have given some of the strongest programs that have been 
given in the Northwest. 

Professional study is one of the special features of the Conservatory, 
and the opportunities for this kind of work are excellent. Professor 
and Mrs. Chapman are both artists and have studied with some of the 
best teachers in this country and abroad. Their artistic ability, and 
teaching ability as well, are much appreciated by their pupils. 

Professor Chapman has sent out a number of professional pupils to 
fill positions in Conservatories, and the graduates of this Conservatory 
have received good positions. 

It is a well known fact that a Conservatory has many advantages 
over private teaching, and we think that Pacific Conservatory offers 
especial advantages to the music student. 




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WILLARD H. WIRT/. 



3N a college training the social life is so important a feature that 
it is necessary to a complete college education. The college is 
a small world in itself, where character and individuality can 
be studied and a knowledge of persons can be acquired which is in- 
valuable in practical life. At Pacific University the social life is not 
only as complete as will be found at any similar institution of learning 
on the Coast, but it possesses advantages that are impossible where 
the student body is large and unwieldly. 

The Young Men's and the Young Women's Christian Associations 
are so strongly organized that their work is given a conspicuous place 
among Christian workers. A larger per cent of the students of Pacific 
University are members of these associations than of any other student 
body in the state. 

In the absence of college fraternities the literary societies furnish 
the great social element in student life. The Gamma Sigma and the 
Alpha Zeta Societies for the young men, and the Philomathean and 
Kappa Delta Societies for young women, hold weekly meetings in the 
respective rooms set apart for their use in Marsh Memorial Hall. De- 
bates and other literary features are so conducted at these meetings 
that they are of inconceivable worth to the individual student. Every 
student who enters college misses his greatest opportunity if he does 
not engage in the healthy rivalry that characterizes these organiza- 
tions. The admirable record of Pacific University on the forensic 
platform is largely due to the effective work of the literary societies. 

The Social Union is another organization to promote social life 
at Pacific University. Its membership includes "varsity" students, 
faculty and resident alumni ; meetings of a literary and social char- 
acter are held quarterly. All these features, and many other side 
issues of less importance that surround the student both in Pacific 
University and in Forest Grove, tend to make student life most at- 
tractive and wholesome. 



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